Eliza Gkritsi

Eliza Gkritsi is a CoinDesk contributor focused on the intersection of crypto and AI, having previously covered mining for two years. She previously worked at TechNode in Shanghai and has graduated from the London School of Economics, Fudan University, and the University of York. She owns 25 WLD. She tweets as @egreechee.

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Finance

Animoca Brands Will Stop Offering Services to Russian Users: Report

The Hong Kong gaming giant has received legal advice to impose restrictions, the chairman and co-founder said.

The Animoca Brands team in Hong Kong (Animoca)

Markets

Cryptos Retain Gains as Ukraine Security Crisis Continues to Deteriorate

Talks between the two sides appear to have led nowhere.

Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation wants crypto exchanges to block Russian users. (Lucy Shires/Getty)

Tech

Intel's Second-Gen Miner's Efficiency Second Only to That of Bitmain's S19 XP: Griid

The new miners boast power efficiency of 26 J/TH, better than most Bitmain and MicroBT models, according to miner and client Griid Infrastructure.

Intel

Finance

Ethereum Mining Pool Flexpool Halts All Services to Russia in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

The pool is possibly the first of its kind to cut services to Russian users.

Map of Ukraine. (Openverse, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

China’s Supreme Court Targets Illegal Fundraising Via Crypto Transactions

The ruling paves the way for violators to be criminally prosecuted, with a punishment of up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $79,000.

Gateway to China's supreme court, Beijing (Rneches/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

BC Group, Archax, InvestaX Form Consortium on Security Tokens Globally

The consortium wants to tackle cross-border technical and regulatory interoperability for security tokens.

Hong Kong skyline (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Policy

China's Zhejiang Province Implements Punitive Electricity Prices for Crypto Mining

Authorities are still working to eliminate the industry months after it was banned.

The skyline of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, a province in eastern China. (Image credit: 戸山 神奈/Unsplash)

Finance

Huobi Plans Return to US Months After Shuttering China Business

The company will focus on asset management instead of an exchange business.

The New York Stock Exchange. (Ahmer Kalam/Unsplash)

Policy

Kazakh Authorities Bust 202MW of Illegal Crypto Mines

The Central Asian country has struggled to meet electricity demand, particularly after miners flocked there from China.

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Tech

Intel Reveals First-Gen Mining Chip, Second Gen Still Under Wraps

The first generation of Intel's chip isn't a match to Bitmain and MicroBT's latest machines.

An old Intel motherboard (Unsplash)